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W. REDDALL l STREET CURB.

No.' 2L19,400.` Patented Nov'. 8,1881.

,By 72,515 %Mm N. PETERS. Phnwumngmphur. wnhingio, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM REDDALL, OF ll) SOUTH STREET, FINSBURY, COUNTY OF MIDDLE- SEX, ENGLAND. Y

STREET-CURB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,400, dated November 8,1881.

Applicationnieduuneao,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM REDDALL, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at South street, Finsbury, in the county 5 of Middlesex, England, have invented an Improved Street-Curb, of which the followingis a specification.

vThis invention has for its object an improved street-curb.

1o l The improved curb, when it is raised, forms, as usual, the edge ofthe raised footway and separates the footway from the road.l It serves also (and this is the important feature in the' invention) to contain telegraph-Wires and other I 5 wires for the conveyance of electricity.

The improved curbing is of cast-iron, and is made in sections, which are laid end to end. Each section has two members. The lower members are rectangular and of trough-like zo form, and the 'upper members are flat and form covers to the lower sections. When the curbing is laid the covers are at thclevel of the footway, of which, indeed, they form a part. The covers have studs upon them, which enter holes provided inthe lower or trough-like members and serve both to connect these members endto end and to retain the covers in place. The Wires are laid and inelosedin the interior of the curb.

In order that my said invention may be most fully understood and readily carried into effect, l will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation'.

l Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section.

The curb, as already stated, is made iu sections, which t end to end, and the Figs. 1,2, and 3 show one of these sections complete,

'4o with a portionof each of the two adjacent sections.

y ais a trough-like casting of iron, suitably strengthened, as the drawings indicate, by internal flanges. This is laid in the position usu- 4 5 ally occupied by the curbstone, and the sections are similarly laid in series end to end.

a' a.' are holesin the ends of thecasting a. bis a cast-p1ate, serving as a cover to the part a. It. is roughened on the face to give good foothold, and on its under side it is pro- 5o vided at one end with perforated lugs b' and at the other with hook-like studs b2.

In laying the curbing the studs b2 are made to pass through the holes b in the end of the casting ot; also, to enter the corresponding holes in the next casting and the perforations through 'the lugs b of its cover. In this way the parts of the curbing become securely locked together. At convenient distances a cover is employed in which the lugs are at bfi, and are 6o fastened bya pin at the front of the curb. This cover can then be raised whenever it is desired to obtain access to the cavity within the curb. The remaining covers are also thus set free, so

that in succession they may be slid endwise to clear the studs b2 and then lifted off. The replacing the'covers when the wires are suitably 'arranged is equally easy.

What I claim is-4 `1. The'combination of the sectional troughs 7o open at their tops and ends and the detachable sectional covers interlocking with each other and with the troughs, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. The combination of the open-top troughs a, having holes a a in offsets or flanges at their open ends, and the covers b, provided :at their ends with perforated lugs b and hook1ihe studs b2, each cover-stud interlocking with the holes in the adjacent ends of two troughs and with 8o the perforated lug of the adjacent cover, snbstantially as and for the purpose hereiinbefore set forth.

3. The combination, with a trough of a streetcurb made of trough-sections open at top and 8 5 ends and iitted with sectional detachable covers, of a cover, b, having a lateral lng, b, pass- `ing through an opening at the front of the trough and secured, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

WILLIAM REDDALL.

Witnesses:

CHRIS. BERKLEY HARRIS, W. J. NoRWooD, Both of 17 Gmceolwrch Street, London. 

